Joonho's work sits alongside a collaboration between Jimmy Turrell and Ewan Spencer, combining a pop arty, rave flyer ethos with a photographic eye. The practice uses collage aesthetics that merge photography, screen printing, painting, hand-drawn elements and digital tools to create visually noisy, colourful prints. A slogan reading 'belief is black-and-white' frames football as faith for NUFC supporters and marks the Carabao Cup victory as gospel. The work captures collective release and belonging, reflecting euphoria in streets and pubs through abstract mark making that mimics chants, flags and the visceral rush of the game. Curator Will Knight anchored the exhibition in lived Geordie experiences and local sporting history, drawing inspiration from The Pink, The Chronicle's Saturday football special.
Alongside Joonho's work sits a collaboration between Jimmy Turrell and Ewan Spencer, the former bringing a pop arty, rave flyer ethos and the latter bringing a photographic eye to the project. Working with collage aesthetics, combining photography, screen printing, painting and combining hand-drawn elements with modern digital tools, nothing represents the breadth of Newcastle's potential more than these visually noisy, colourful print works.
"This was about more than documenting a football match - it was about capturing a collective release, a moment of belonging," says Jimmy. In their explosive colour, Jimmy reflects the euphoria felt in the streets, pubs and hearts of footy fans whilst abstract mark making mimics the movement of chants, flags, music and the visceral rush of the game. "I try to carry a mix of grit and poetry into everything I make."
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